Values in US Thousands
  10-2017 10-2016 10-2015 10-2014
Sales $ 1,524,813 $ 1,376,258 $ 1,188,648 $ 1,132,311
Cost of Goods 950,088 860,766 754,469 733,999
Gross Profit 574,725 515,492 434,179 398,312
Operating Expenses 268,155 250,913 204,992 195,923
Operating Income 306,658 265,345 229,656 203,388
Interest Expense 9,790 8,272 4,626 5,441
Other Income/Expenses 1,092 -23 -66 625
Pre-tax Income 297,960 257,050 224,964 198,572
Income Taxes 90,300 80,900 71,400 59,800
Net Income from Cont. Operations 207,660 176,150 153,564 138,772
Minority Interest 21,675 19,958 20,200 17,479
Total Net Income $ 185,985 $ 156,192 $ 133,364 $ 121,293
Basic EPS from Cont. Ops. 1.58 1.35 1.18 1.07
Basic EPS from Total Ops. 1.41 1.19 1.02 0.93
Diluted EPS from Cont. Ops 1.53 1.32 1.16 1.05
Diluted EPS from Total Operations 1.37 1.17 1.00 0.92
EBITDA 371,481 325,622 277,563 251,145